Broad Street Station, aka Union Station of Richmond, was on the verge of destruction in 1976 after Amtrak abandoned the transport hub. The State of Virginia planned to demolish the building and erect an office park on the site. Preservationists and the Science Museum of Virginia – which had been looking for a home for decades – stepped in to rescue the landmark.
- Name: Science Museum of Virginia, Broad Street Station
- Location: 2500 West Broad Street
- Year Completed: 1919
- Architect: John Russell Pope
- Style: neo-Classical
- Wikipedia: Broad Street Station
- Wikipedia: Science Museum of Virginia
- Google Map
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Science Museum of Virginia: Broad Street Station, aka Union Station of Richmond, was on the verge of destruction in 1976 after Amtrak abandoned the transport hub. The State of Virginia planned to demolish the building and erect an office park on the site. Preservationists and the Science Museum of Virginia – which had been looking for a home for decades – stepped in to rescue the landmark.
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Science Museum of Virginia: Broad Street Station, aka Union Station of Richmond, was on the verge of destruction in 1976 after Amtrak abandoned the transport hub. The State of Virginia planned to demolish the building and erect an office park on the site. Preservationists and the Science Museum of Virginia – which had been looking for a home for decades – stepped in to rescue the landmark.
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Science Museum of Virginia: Broad Street Station, aka Union Station of Richmond, was on the verge of destruction in 1976 after Amtrak abandoned the transport hub. The State of Virginia planned to demolish the building and erect an office park on the site. Preservationists and the Science Museum of Virginia – which had been looking for a home for decades – stepped in to rescue the landmark.
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Science Museum of Virginia: Broad Street Station, aka Union Station of Richmond, was on the verge of destruction in 1976 after Amtrak abandoned the transport hub. The State of Virginia planned to demolish the building and erect an office park on the site. Preservationists and the Science Museum of Virginia – which had been looking for a home for decades – stepped in to rescue the landmark.
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Science Museum of Virginia: Broad Street Station, aka Union Station of Richmond, was on the verge of destruction in 1976 after Amtrak abandoned the transport hub. The State of Virginia planned to demolish the building and erect an office park on the site. Preservationists and the Science Museum of Virginia – which had been looking for a home for decades – stepped in to rescue the landmark.
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Science Museum of Virginia: Broad Street Station, aka Union Station of Richmond, was on the verge of destruction in 1976 after Amtrak abandoned the transport hub. The State of Virginia planned to demolish the building and erect an office park on the site. Preservationists and the Science Museum of Virginia – which had been looking for a home for decades – stepped in to rescue the landmark.
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Science Museum of Virginia: Broad Street Station, aka Union Station of Richmond, was on the verge of destruction in 1976 after Amtrak abandoned the transport hub. The State of Virginia planned to demolish the building and erect an office park on the site. Preservationists and the Science Museum of Virginia – which had been looking for a home for decades – stepped in to rescue the landmark.
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Science Museum of Virginia: Broad Street Station, aka Union Station of Richmond, was on the verge of destruction in 1976 after Amtrak abandoned the transport hub. The State of Virginia planned to demolish the building and erect an office park on the site. Preservationists and the Science Museum of Virginia – which had been looking for a home for decades – stepped in to rescue the landmark.
All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2019 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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